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At a Glance
CLion
CLion
Star Rating
(55)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (60.4% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
$229.00 1 User Per Year
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Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code
Star Rating
(2,345)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (42.8% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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CLion vs Visual Studio Code

  • Reviewers felt that Visual Studio Code meets the needs of their business better than CLion.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Visual Studio Code is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of CLion over Visual Studio Code.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
CLion
FOR BUSINESS & ORGANIZATIONS
$229.00
1 User Per Year
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Visual Studio Code
No pricing available
Free Trial
CLion
Free Trial is available
Visual Studio Code
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
51
9.3
1,887
Ease of Use
8.4
51
9.2
1,897
Ease of Setup
Not enough data
9.2
291
Ease of Admin
Not enough data
8.9
214
Quality of Support
7.9
29
8.7
1,547
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Not enough data
9.1
184
Product Direction (% positive)
9.8
49
9.5
1,822
Features by Category
Not enough data
9.1
14,468
Coding
Not enough data
9.5
1412
Not enough data
8.9
1404
Not enough data
9.2
1396
Not enough data
9.1
1348
Editing
Not enough data
8.6
1109
Not enough data
9.2
1325
Not enough data
9.0
1330
Functionality
Not enough data
9.3
1361
Not enough data
9.2
1309
Not enough data
9.3
1394
Not enough data
8.9
1080
C/C++ Integrated Development Environments (IDE)Hide 7 FeaturesShow 7 Features
8.2
180
Not enough data
Functionality
8.8
28
Not enough data
8.3
28
Not enough data
7.7
22
Not enough data
8.6
26
Not enough data
7.8
27
Not enough data
7.8
23
Not enough data
8.1
26
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
CLion
CLion
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code
CLion and Visual Studio Code share no categories
Unique Categories
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code is categorized as Text Editor
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
CLion
CLion
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
60.4%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
20.8%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
18.9%
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
42.8%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
30.7%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
26.5%
Reviewers' Industry
CLion
CLion
Computer Software
32.1%
Information Technology and Services
9.4%
Higher Education
9.4%
Research
5.7%
Internet
5.7%
Other
37.7%
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code
Computer Software
34.1%
Information Technology and Services
25.2%
Program Development
3.0%
Financial Services
2.5%
Internet
2.4%
Other
32.7%
Most Helpful Reviews
CLion
CLion
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Biotechnology

c lion is a very nice and helpful ide for C. The code completion, verification, and debugging are all very nice.

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Computer Games

It’s pretty good, I would like the bottom panel to be better at switching between terminal and debug

Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code
Most Helpful Favorable Review
AK
Avinash K.
Verified User in Computer Software

1. The simple and intuitive user interface 2. Available on all the platforms i.e. Linux, Windows, MacOS 3. Plethora of extensions are available in the marketplace and you can download it in one-click 4. It has an integrated terminal so that you can run your...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Dhruv K.
DK
Dhruv K.
Verified User in Computer Software

It has high ram consumption at times. It takes a long time to boot the software, which feels frustrating at times. It does not support development for Mac/IOS. Its default shortcut keys are not too good. Due to these reasons, I discontinued the use of...

Alternatives
CLion
CLion Alternatives
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Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code Alternatives
Notepad++
Notepad++
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Sublime Text
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Discussions
CLion
CLion Discussions
Is CLion a good IDE?
1 comment
Douglas G.
DG
CLION is an integrated development environment for C/C++ that is loosely based on the public domain IDE Eclipse. It is a member of a growing family of...Read more
Monty the Mongoose crying
CLion has no more discussions with answers
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code Discussions
Is Visual Studio code an IDE?
10 comments
Yogesh S.
YS
Visual Studio Code is a code editor, not a full-fledged integrated development environment (IDE). Free to Use Beginner Friendly.Read more
What is Visual Studio Code used for?
7 comments
Vivek S.
VS
Visual Studio Code (VSCode) is a free, open-source code editor developed by Microsoft. You can do any type of programming and scripting tasks easily on VS...Read more
Why is Visual Studio code so popular?
6 comments
Yogesh S.
YS
Easy To use. Beginner Friendly. Many Extension to ease our Work. The user-interface is Easy and has Many customization.Read more